i'm excited about our new exhibtion opening tomorrow- saturday- feb 26th.ARCHITECTURAL is three los angeles artist creating images of shape, space, location, body and form of hollywood. each has there unique aproach, each is an orginal artist with a specific & pure voice. they are all modern day- classics.

NATHAN HORNER

NATHAN HORNER was born in East Liverpool, Ohio on February 6, 1967, and was raised by his Mother and Grandmother in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

It was apparent Nathan had a creative gift at an early age. Acknowledged by his teachers and peers as an Artist, he was inspired to further develop his talent. Through his desire to paint and draw, he received many local awards, TV, and press coverage. Influenced by Andrew Wythe, Horner’s early works were done in a Photo Realistic Neo-Folk style using Color Pencils. Horner attended U.S.I.U. School of Performing and Visual Arts.I paint in oils as the masters of impressionism, loosening my techniques, painting with less concern for detail, allowing the paint in all of its manifestations to convey my individual painterly illusion of a realistic image. The painting becoming its own reality, a product of the creative process. As a contemporary artist, I am inspired by the substance of life, emotions, a muse, and my surroundings. Each painting is passionately, romantically and energetically executed, each descriptive brushstroke a bold deliberate respected flowing action. After the point of inspiration, the execution of the work becomes a game of chess.

JOSE DE JUANJOSE DE JUAN Originally from Madrid, Spain, Jose L. De Juan he has been living in Southern California for the last 14 years. He graduated in Graphic Design at the School of Art in Madrid.

Mostly a landscape painter, Jose uses a classical atelier approach to his artwork and he likes to integrate his subjects in their environment. Jose's appreciation for the human body as artistic subject, and specially, the angular and sensual masculine form, is evident in his figure studies. His nudes are neither an excuse for mere artistic practice nor simply a vehicle for sensual complacency. Jose sees the male beauty as, imbued with both spiritual and erotic qualities. Eroticism as an everyday state of the mind and a longing of the spirit. Jose rarely uses direct sexual depictions but rather a more subdued, even melancholic depiction of Eros.

PHILIP PIROLOPHILIP PIROLOis an artist and award winning photographer living and working in Los Angeles.Through photography, Pirolo explores issues of sexual identity, social norms and ways in which surface, beauty and form become potent metaphors for control, desire and loss. Pirolo uses the body and elements of nature as instruments of formal expression and seduction to articulate not only our fragile and temporal existence, but also the visceral nature of being.

in northern scotland agnes rose willmington lived at this address for over forty years. during this time she only spoke to one other human being, her mother, who died in 1951. upon agnes’ death in the winter of 1979, authorities found in the old house: over 1,000 bibles, 297 prayer books, 50 statues of mary, over a 1,000 crucifix’s, and 71 mason jars filled with urine and feces.dr. henry howard holmes built a hundred-room mansion on an entire city block complete with gas chambers, trap doors, acid vats, lime pits, fake walls and secret entrances. during the world’s fair in 1893, he rented rooms to visitors, mostly young women. he then killed most of his lodgers and continued his life insurance fraud scheme. holmes would entice rich women to his “torture castle” with the promise of marriage. instead, he would force them to sign over their money and property, then throw them down an elevator shaft and gas them to death.april 2, 1954: a couple is photographed moments after their 19-month-old child had been swept out to sea at hermosa beach.

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i was surprised to find my film- HUSTLER WHITE will be part of the unrated week of sex- film festival @ THE SUNSET 5 THEATERS starting on feb 15th thru 28thif you have not seen HUSTLER WHITE or would like to remienise about the bad old days of street hustling on santa monica boulevard check it out on feb 26th- 3:30pm-CINEMALIBRESTUDIO

PRESIDENT OBAMA has finally decided that DOMA IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL!this is a repost- By Marc AmbinderPresident Obama has decided that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and has asked his Justice Department to stop defending it in court, the administration announced today."The President believes that DOMA is unconstitutional. They are no longer going to be defending the cases in the 1st and 2nd circuits," a person briefed on the decision said.The administration will formally notify Congress later today. The act sought to restrict single-sex unions.The President has won favor with the gay community recently by winning a repeal of the military’s “Don’t ask, don’t tell,” policy, which was passed during the lame duck Congress in December. At that time, he reiterated his support for repealing the DOMA, passed under President Clinton in 1996, but did not take further steps toward repeal.His administration defended the law as recently as January, when the Justice Department defended the law against a ruling that said it violated the rights of states to set their own marriage policies.READ MORE-

Oscar Pistorius (born 22 November 1986) is a South African Paralympic runner. Known as the "Blade Runner" and "the fastest man on no legs", Pistorius, who has a double amputation, is the world record holder in the 100, 200 and 400 metres events and runs with the aid of Cheetah Flex-Foot carbon fibre transtibial artificial limbs by Ossur. In 2007 Pistorius took part in his first international competitions for able-bodied athletes. However, his artificial lower legs, while enabling him to compete, generated claims that he has an unfair advantage over able-bodied runners. The same year, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) amended its competition rules to ban the use of "any technical device that incorporates springs, wheels or any other element that provides a user with an advantage over another athlete not using such a device". It claimed that the amendment was not specifically aimed at Pistorius. After monitoring his track performances and carrying out tests, scientists took the view that Pistorius enjoyed considerable advantages over athletes without prosthetic limbs. On the strength of these findings, on 14 January 2008 the IAAF ruled him ineligible for competitions conducted under its rules, including the 2008 Summer Olympics. This decision was reversed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 16 May 2008, the Court ruling that the IAAF had not provided sufficient evidence to prove that Pistorius's prostheses give him an advantage over able-bodied athletes.

Although eligible to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, Pistorius did not qualify for the South African team. Despite achieving third place and a personal best time of 46.25 seconds in the 400 metres in Lucerne, Switzerland, on 16 July 2008, this was short of the Olympic qualification time of 45.55 seconds. He was also not selected by the South African Olympic Committee for the 4 x 400 metres relay team as there were four other runners who had achieved better times. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, he took the gold medals in the 100, 200 and 400 metres (T44) sprints.

on february 26th, i will present an exhibition which on the surface seems tame for ANTEBELLUM, however the aritists in this exhibition are exploring such specific subjects and detail that i feel it falls into the catagory of obsession to detail and subject matters that most people would overlook, like the close up of a chimmey in hollywood, a generic intersection or the folds in a man's armpit. this obsession/complusion is at the core of fetish. ANTEBELLUM presentsARCHITECTURAL-3 ARTISTS EXPLORING- FORM, LANDSCAPE & BODYNATHAN HORNER- JOSE DE JUAN- PHILIP PIROLOOPENING RECEPTION- FEBRUARY 26TH6PM TIL 9PM(this event is free, but donations accepted with joy!)(on exhibit thru march 26th)gallery general hourswednesday thru saturday1pm til 7pmSALON EVENTS-CAMERA CLUB guest host- PHILIP PIROLOlive modelmarch 6th- 1pm til 3pm$75 coverWATERCOLOR SALON WITH JOSE DE JUANmarch 13th- 1pm til 3pm$30 cover(for more info send email)ANTEBELLUM1643 N LAS PALMAS AVEHOLLYWOOD, CA 90028323 856-0667antebellum@earthlink.netNATHAN HORNERwas born in East Liverpool, Ohio on February 6, 1967, and was raised by his Mother and Grandmother in Fredericksburg, Virginia.It was apparent Nathan had a creative gift at an early age. Acknowledged by his teachers and peers as an Artist, he was inspired to further develop his talent. Through his desire to paint and draw, he received many local awards, TV, and press coverage. Influenced by Andrew Wythe, Horner’s early works were done in a Photo Realistic Neo-Folk style using Color Pencils. Horner attended U.S.I.U. School of Performing and Visual Arts.I paint in oils as the masters of impressionism, loosening my techniques, painting with less concern for detail, allowing the paint in all of its manifestations to convey my individual painterly illusion of a realistic image. The painting becoming its own reality, a product of the creative process. As a contemporary artist, I am inspired by the substance of life, emotions, a muse, and my surroundings. Each painting is passionately, romantically and energetically executed, each descriptive brushstroke a bold deliberate respected flowing action. After the point of inspiration, the execution of the work becomes a game of chess. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&JOSE DE JUANOriginally from Madrid, Spain, Jose L. De Juan he has been living in Southern California for the last 14 years. He graduated in Graphic Design at the School of Art in Madrid. Mostly a landscape painter, Jose uses a classical atelier approach to his artwork and he likes to integrate his subjects in their environment. Jose's appreciation for the human body as artistic subject, and specially, the angular and sensual masculine form, is evident in his figure studies. His nudes are neither an excuse for mere artistic practice nor simply a vehicle for sensual complacency. Jose sees the male beauty as, imbued with both spiritual and erotic qualities. Eroticism as an everyday state of the mind and a longing of the spirit. Jose rarely uses direct sexual depictions but rather a more subdued, even melancholic depiction of Eros.&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&PHILIP PIROLOis an artist and award winning photographer living and working in Los Angeles.Through photography, Pirolo explores issues of sexual identity, social norms and ways in which surface, beauty and form become potent metaphors for control, desire and loss.Pirolo uses the body and elements of nature as instruments of formal expression and seduction to articulate not only our fragile and temporal existence, but also the visceral nature of being.

The Last Picture Show-1971 American drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from a semi-autobiographical 1966 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry.Set in a small town in north Texas during the year November 1951 – October 1952, it is about the coming of age of two friends, Sonny Crawford (Timothy Bottoms) and Duane Jackson (Jeff Bridges). The ensemble cast includes Cybill Shepherd in her film debut, Ben Johnson, Eileen Brennan, Ellen Burstyn, Cloris Leachman, Clu Gulager, Randy Quaid in his film debut and John Hillerman. It was one of the first films to have used a contemporary music soundtrack and, for aesthetic and technical reasons, was shot in black and white, very unusual for its time. groundbreaking and a classic american melancholy.the last scene of the film. heartbreaking.. won cloris leachman an oscar...

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